You think correctly. This one of mine is in lava: [ATTACH]
I'm with komo, the way the clasp & pin are affixed directly into the material is characteristic of brooches made of an organic material.
This one looks like a weirdly conceived caduceus to me, but I expect there are images out there of him with a full grown staff. The rooster is...
I can certainly see how it could be Mercury/Hermes, the hint of what could be his petasos around the head (or is he just a blond?) He's not...
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This looks home made. I wouldn't count on the clasp being gold of any kind.
Could be tourmaline.
Friedman
15 x 13 what?
She does not have any of the attributes of Juno/Hera. My sense is that she does not belong to the Greco-Roman world at all. Egyptian, perhaps,...
Why would it have an S instead of a number? The time when stamps had to be printed in advance of a value being assigned & were given a letter was...
What seems unusual about yours is the color if it's for 8 cents. Edit: As komo shows, the color is not unusual for a 3 cent stamp.
In the second photo, the 2nd from left might be Merlin. I think I would keep the figure wearing a turban with a parrot on his shoulder. (last...
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Why would an 8 on this one necessarily be the same as 8s on others?
Are you sure there is not an 8 on either side?
The one on the far right in the last photo is the Mad Hatter.
A maker's tag then.
I'm curious about whether the seal can slip on & off, leaving the possibility that it has nothing to do with the statuette, or whether it's on too...
Me too.
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